senate bid to incumbent democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania.ublicans who were forced to campaign on their anti-abortion politics, by and large, did not fare well this year. but by all means, republicans, follow the anti-abortion movement's advice and campaign harder on your abortion politics next time. really. really, go for that one third of the electorate that thinks they agree with you on this issue before they've heard you really explain it. maybe you can petition to change the rules of mathematics so that 36% will add up to a majority. regardless, definitely talk more about rape, you guys. keep it up. >>> hey, to all of you who waited in long, long, long lines to cast your vote in this election, your democracy thanks you, yay! how about this. let's never have to do that again. let's fix that. who's with me? that's next. you can prevent gas with beano meltaways, or treat gas with these after you get it. now that's like sunblock before or sun burn cream later. oh, somebody out there's saying, now i get it! take beano before and there'll be n

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bob casey now is running ahead of the president and i think will win, not by double digit margin butby a comfortable margin. and in terms of the race itself, look, the numbers moved, no question about it, had the romney campaign come in right after the first debate and spent at the level they spent the first week, this could have been a romney state. i think it was a little too late. the good news is, the republi n republicans are sort of counting on less than an enthusiastic turnout of the democratic base. i've been getting reports all around the city and state, african-american turnout is off the charts. right now it's exceeding 2008 and i spoke before four african-american churches on sunday and it wasn't the same love and pride that existed in '08, but anger at two things, one, they don't think the president obama got the credit he deserves and two, they're angry at the attempt to suppress votes. so i think that attempt has backfired and we've seen that in early voting in ohio. i think we've got in my division which is a professional division, voted for obama 75/25 by 8:15 this m

many a pro-life democrat other than bob casey, jr. we have pro-life, we have pro-traditional marriage, republicans, and we have homosexual and lesbian republicans. name me a pro-traditional marriage democrats. national figure. you know, the democratic party ever since the new deal a collection of interest groups, and ethnicities. and the republican party has been the sort of big tent party but i think it still is the big tent party. the question is, and i think where it's lost its way is, is it has nominated, you know, people like governor romney who's a really nice guy, and who i think would have been a pretty good president, but as george will says, he speaks conservatism as a second language. i mean, you know, i, severely conservative. nobody who is conservative, has ever said i'm severely conservative. i mean, it's an oxymoron. like humble, texas. it's an oxymoron. we need, there's nothing wrong with republican party that better candidates and better messaging wouldn't solve the. i mean, you know, i think marco rubio would be a wo

in the state of pennsylvania, nbc can project that the winner is the democratic senator bob casey. should take that back you didn't lie to us. but you misled us. all we know by 9:00 is a bunch of senate races. wh know basically nothing about the presidential race at this hour. >> except i think the the south is notáç called. thethern battlegrounds are not called. thatof the l learning big demographic story to be told here that you're seeing. keeping t race so close. the president perhaps doing better with hispanics than four years ago. the fact that you know the southern races aren't called, that isn't what boston wanted to have by 9:00. so they can feel good that ohio and pennsylvania haven't been called either, but we do know pennsylvania that the preside we just wantthere. and l you, some of the little in ohio john yang is in hamilton county. that's the big c it was a bush county iwe don't have a lot of raw vote in yet. a little bit. but as john yang was telling us in the early vote and that's what this is this is all earlyt county. and the president had a big 16,000-vote that's

. >> tom casey -- tom smith scared bob casey but casey is going to hold. >> ohio?ed on me. >> nevada. >> nevada. close but to dean heller. >> all right. next one? >> ohio. it's closed up but brown wins. >> does he outperform the president by what, two points? >> i don't know. >> yeah, yeah. >> if you were to guess, it's going to be a tight race? >> florida, nelson beats mak. then we get to virginia. >> where are you there? >> i guess i would give kane maybe a tiny finger on the scale. >> give it to blue? >> i don't know. >> we'll put it there for now. that gets us through the presidential toss-ups. let's go to the red states if you will. these are a ton of great states. >> flake wins. >> montana, that's scary. everybody, both sides say it's really too close. >> the libertarian candidate is going to make the winning number. >> it could. >> i guess he gets a couple. this guy john tester up a point or two and the question is does that save him? let's do edge tester. >> all right. next one? north dakota right next door. >> berg wins. it's very very close. >> the same w

keep an eye on it when ohio polls close at seven pm next up is pennsylvania its incumbent democrat bob casey republican tom smit republicans have tried to make pennsylvania a battleground this year and are hoping to pick up the seat for the senate but again polls show they're likely to fall short casey should win this seat tonight. two also in connecticut incumbent democrat chris murphy first republican linda mcmahon you might remember she's famous for world wrestling entertainment she's wealthy and she's putting a lot of money to win this seat but chris murphy is likely to win so that's four races down that the democrats should win eight to go and republicans will need to clean sweep all of the remaining seat races here to win the senate and there's follows arizona this is an open seat up for grabs jeff flake the republican versus richard carmona the democrat flake is ahead barely so this is one of the best shots for republicans to win a seat in nevada it's republican dean heller verse democrat shelley berkley this is another race where the republican is ahead slightly in the polls but the

caller: i have a feeling bob casey will hold out. host: republican caller. caller: i have this for donald trump for he challenged a so far to get this information about and where hetes fo went to school. he never came forward. i think that would have been a good deal. and million dollars to the favorite charity and it is money. i have another issue with the obamacare. it seems like everything got real quiet with the debate with obama. he really did not go into obamacare. that is a really big issue. a lot of my friends and family are in medical care. they say if things go through the way they're supposed to come and they will probably not have jobs. hello? host: we are still listening. caller: this has been in missouri on the radio about issues with defense money that is going to israel. they do not think it is going to israel but terrorist hands. they have a petition now on one of our local radio stations to get on the internet and go ahead and put your name on it that you do not want your money being spent because it is not proven that it is going to the is

partier josh mendell but they lost sherrod brown is going to remain in the senate in pennsylvania bob casey went to the senate seat over tom smith this is another senate race republicans hope to win they lose that interesting story coming out of maine maine is where libya snowe the republican senator kind of a moderate she retired and independent has won maine angus king he's expected to caucus with the democrats so that's really a pick up for the democrats in the senate and we can also now report this is a big win for progressives here elizabeth warren has now won massachusetts. and also we're getting this is this is really huge actually i mean this was ted kennedy's seat scott brown won in two thousand and ten when the tea party revolt and it looks like two years later elizabeth warren is going to reclaim it for democrats shifting the party a little bit to the left in the senate are also getting killed conflicting reports out of wisconsin. we had some news outlets reported as over some are still too close to call but tammy baldwin who's trying to be the first openly gay tended to elect to

bob casey, more than 20% of his votes in pennsylvania came from african-americans. the success the democrats had with their senate candidates this year dovetails very nicely with president obama's campaign in terms of turning out african- american voters. i the guy will stop there and entertain questions >> do we have any questions? >> [inaudible] what are your thoughts on some of the patterns you see in terms of that regional stuff? is there anything that jumps out at you? >> last year at this time, i was presenting a paper called resegregation in southern politics. i have not had the chance this morning to look at arkansas, at the state legislature. i know all members of the state members of the legislation and arkansas were up for election this year and all lot of money was put into the state to change the state legislature from being democratic to be republican. if it does in fact flip in this election, all 22 of the state legislatures in the south will now be republican majorities. >> we're going to break away from us momentarily to take you live to the south l

romney wins and pennsylvania goes to tom smith against bob casey. what you have. 50 to 50 in the u.s. senate. if it's a president elect romney, lit be a vice president -- it will be vice president elect ryan. that is the tie-breaking vote in senate. republicans would control the senate. this is a good night for the republicans. what if scenario. democrats say they can change the tide on number of the different races. the what if could develop throughout the night. as we look at the balance of power. it's almost here. we will preview the 2012 election. with an expanded version of the fox all-stars, when we come back. [ forsythe ] we don't just come up here for the view up in alaska. it's the cleanest, clearest water. we fd the best, sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announr ] hurry in to rd lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent crab entrees, all under 20 dollars. like a half-pound tender snow crab paired with savory grilled shrimp, st 12.99. or our hearty crab and roasted garlic seafood bake. [ forsy

let's go to pennsylvania where bob casey found the need to campaign a little harder.tarted closing the gap against the democratic incumbent and the national republican senatorial committee just dumped $500,000 into the campaign. tommy versus tammy. tommy thompson is neck and neck with tammy baldwin. paul ryan state is democratic and baldwin's lead is within the margin of error. in missouri, republican todd aiken is staying in the senate race. his campaign was thought to be doomed after he made the comments about pregnancies that result from rape. >> it seem toz me, first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that is really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> now, republican leaders, everyone from mitt romney and all the establishment pretty much urged akin to drop out. he refused. he's hoping to take the seat held by clare mccaskill. the polls show him leading on her and a last-minute of cash infusion for his campaign. a lot of races to watch very closely and you can believe we'll be doing that righ

in pennsylvania senator bob casey has a nine-point lead over republican tom smith. be right back. >>> wow. we're back. the dirty angry money pouring into republican congressman joe walsh's race against tammy duckworth is soaring in the call >>> wow. we're back. the dirty angry money pouring into republican congressman joe walsh's race against tammy duckworth is soaring in the call pain's final week. walsh famously accused president obama of lying about the effects of not raising the debt ceiling back in 2011. let's watch that. >> president obama, quit lying. you know darn well that if august 2nd comes and goes there's plenty of money to pay off our debt and cover all of our social security obligations. have you no shame, sir? in three short years, you've bankrupted this country and destroyed job creation. you're either in over your head, you don't understand what makes this country great, or you're hellbent in turning us into some european big government wasteland. >> well, whatever you think of that, "chicago tribune"/wgn poll last week shows tammy duckworth leadin

we can now say that bob casey will hang on to that senate seat when all is said and done. the take away from that, folks, is that there has been no net gain in the senate on the part of republicans, and that was the whole theme for a lot of republicans. mitchell, trying to of be the majority leader, minority leader in the senate. still might happen, but, boy, it will be tough. the crucial races, the hotly contested ones are coming up later tonight. this does not mean anything. everything is going to form. a number of states that are going to be coming in next five master so. when under the six electoral votes, including arizona state. we will watch very closely. john mccain some state. we are going to be getting a lot, as well, from the likes of connecticut, delaware, d.c., florida, colorado. colorado, of course, one of those states where gary johnson could be very, very competitive. a third-party candidate. protest votes in his case there might drive away from the president because of his more socially liberal views, particularly legalizing marijuana. speaking of legalizi

name me a pro-life democrat other than bob casey senior. we have a pro-life -- we of pro- traditional marriage republicans and we have homosexual and lesbian republicans. name me pro-traditional marriage democrat national figure. the democratic party has been ever since the new deal a collection of interest groups and ethnicities. the republican party has been the big tent party. i think it still is the big tent party. where it has lost its place is it has nominated people like governor romney, who is a really nice guy and who i think would've been a pretty good president, but he speaks conservatism as a second language. i severely am conservative. nobody who is really conservative has ever said i am severely conservative. it is an oxymoron. we need -- there's nothing wrong with the republican party that better candidates and better messaging would not solve. i think marco rubio would be no wonderful hispanic version of ronald reagan. >> let me quickly, on the h1 visa, the problem with the frustration sometimes is not necessarily -- an orde

. >> what about that fact, ed rendell, the fact of governor romney going in there and that bob casey, your senator, is in a very much tougher than anticipated race, and that his opponent comes from coal country and coal has been a real cutting edge issue for mitt romney? >> basically i agree with what vin said about this election and it's going to be a turnout battle but i think we have a little peek into the enthusiasm of both sides in the early voting. i mean, the democrats are just slaughtering republicans in early voting in most states and that's because i think the enthusiasm level for our voters is much greater than anybody anticipated. i think that's concrete evidence that is so. in terms of pennsylvania, look, this is a hail mary. i think the republicans and i don't think vin would admit it and i wouldn't if i was in his spot, but i don't think they believe they're going to win ohio so the electoral math means they have to win michigan or pennsylvania or minnesota to substitute. so they've gone in and played in those states. it's too late. it's too little too late. had the rom

he comes from coal country and could challenge and eat into bob casey's traditional strengths out westiladelphia if you're so confident of pennsylvania? >> we're not taking anything for granted. we feel so strong about our operations, particularly in states like ohio, iowa, north carolina, nevada with americans are actually casting ballots already and the president has a 2-1 advantage amongst those who have already voted. but as the romney campaign and the super pacs are on the air and we're showing that we have the ability to go deep and broad as well and we're not leaving a single vote on the table. we feel great about our ground game. i was watching the bill clinton/president obama rally last night and it had all the feel of classic bill clinton. the president got pumped up by that as well. bill clinton lost his voice, but that didn't slow him down or shorten his speech at all. we heard everything, including don't stop thinking about tomorrow. there was a lot of nostalgia going on. tell me about that relationship. because it's been fraught with difficulty and we all know what it was

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bob casey in a closer than should have been race given the large democratic registration edge in theate of pennsylvania? >> senator casey's been all over the state. and he was really encouraging the obama campaign to stay in the state though the numbers look like, and the money was moving out, four five weeks ago, senator casey raised more money. he's up on tv. i think that he's going to pull it out. >> you think in your old stheet congressman pete stark, democrat challenged by another democrat. >> yes, my former intern. it's basically a tight race. we had two things happen in california. the normal redistricting but this time it was nonpart dan. so we also had a state ballot initiative for the top two, no matter what party vote getters in the primary would go to the general. two democrats in california 15, eric's knocked on 70,000 doors, outraised stark and "the new york times" thinks he's going to win. larry sabado think he's going to win. 28% undecided now. >> in the few seconds left, david, any big surprise you want to suggest? >> one of the things people should be looking at, do

senator bob casey is a senior democratic member of the foreign relations committee and he's "outfront" tonight. senator casey, good to see you. >> thanks, erin. >> bizarre seems a fair word to me to use to describe this. what is your understanding as to -- i mean, if this is going to be -- continue to spread or what have you been told? >> well, erin, we don't know the extent of it yet. but i'd say in both instances, you have remarkably effective leaders. director petraeus and general allen. the important thing, though, for people to realize tonight is that even as this plays out, and i'm sure there will be more events that we'll hear about or more facts that will be developed in the next couple days. in both instances, both the cia itself and our command in afghanistan, i think both are going to be in good shape. we're going to have a good leadership at the cia to get the intelligence we need to ensure a national security, and we'll have a general dunnford, a strong leader in afghanistan. so i think in both instances, our security is going to be in good shape. but obviously, there's s

i remember bob casey not being allowed to speak. bob casey sr. not being allowed to speak at the democratic convention because he's pro-life. we have pro-life and pro-choice republican. name me a pro-life democrat other then bob casey jr.? we have pro-life -- pro traditional marriage republicans and we have homosexual republicans. name me a pro traditional marriage democrat national figure? the democratic party is -- has been since the new deal a collection of interest groups and -- and ethnicities and the republican party has been the sort of big tent party. i think it still is the big tent party. the question is, i think where it's lost its way is it has, is it has nominated people like governor romney, who is a really nice guy and who i think would have been a pretty good president. but as george will says speaks conservatism as a second language. i severely -- i am severely conservative. nobody who is conservative who's really conservative has ever said, i'm severely conservative. it's an oxymoron. like humble texan. oxymoron. we need -- ther

bob casey will win a second term. six years ago he beat rick santorum. at the end of the day, republicans tried to put a little money here, thought they could make a play for it, it didn't happen. new york, kirsten gilligrand going on to win her first term. >> there are a number of races we cannot project. >> before we get to that, let me give you the republican wins. there are a few of them. ted cruz has been elected a republican in texas to replace retiring senator kay bailey hutchison. in wyoming, barrasso is going on. you might see defeats al gore there, that's a different al gore. no relation. >> in terms of the races we cannot project. >> there are really some nail biters here. indiana, look at this. we talked about this being an early bellwether about whether republicans can take the senate. 63% reporting, joe donnelly is just two percentage points ahead -- >> tightening. >> it is, 46,000 points, we're just watching that to see if republicans can hold on to that seat that is now held by richard luger. massachusetts, the key race of the year, scott